Mon Jan 10, 2022, 04:14 PM

Would WI have 2 Democratic US Senators had

Feingold ran for Kohl’s open US Senate seat in 2012 instead of seeking a rematch against Johnson-R. (Feingold would have benefited from Obama’s coattails.)
Kind and/or Baldwin would challenge Johnson in 2016.

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Would WI have 2 Democratic US Senators had (Original post)	nkpolitics1212	Jan 2022	OP
Russ Feingold was at something like 90 to 95% chance of winning back his seat in 2016 but Russia ...	Botany	Jan 2022	#1
If Russ Feingold wanted to get back in the US Senate,	nkpolitics1212	Jan 2022	#2

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 04:56 PM

Botany (64,209 posts)

1. Russ Feingold was at something like 90 to 95% chance of winning back his seat in 2016 but Russia ...

... busy in the Badger State

https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-voter-russian-hackers-2016-election-2017-9....

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Mon Jan 10, 2022, 05:14 PM

nkpolitics1212 (6,929 posts)

2. If Russ Feingold wanted to get back in the US Senate,

He could of ran in 2012 when it was an open seat, the Republican nominee was Tommy Thompson.
Tammy Baldwin and/or Ron Kind could have challenged Ron Johnson in 2016. Rematches for the defeated candidates rarely work.

The question for the 2022 WI US Senate Election is can Ron Johnson be defeated with a current 1 term Lt Governor Mandela Barnes. Will Barnes campaign like Feingold campaigned in 1992(30 years ago/ Feingold defeated a 2 term Republican US Senator Rob Kasten.)

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